LBJ and Robert McNamara, 2/12/68, 8.29A

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Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and Robert McNamara.
Citation No.: 12711
February 12, 1968
Time: 12:25 PM
Location: Mansion
Speakers: President Johnson and Robert McNamara
General Topic: Business; Congressional Relations; Defense; Diplomacy; Legislation; Procurement & Disposal; Vietnam
Topics: McNamara Says Westmoreland Has Requested 6 More Battalions In Vietnam; Mcnamara's Opposition To Reserve Call-up For Permanent Troop Increase; LBJ Reviews Talks On Troop Levels In Earlier Meetings; McNamara Reads Westmoreland's Cable; Civilian Contractors
More info on the LBJ telephone conversations: www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/...
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@joijaxx 6 жыл бұрын

Fascinating inside look, thank you.

@ronniebishop2496 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone in the history of the world said never get in a ground war in Asia. Ever. Kennedy was going to pull out in 64 or 65. And I didn’t even go until 1970.

@aguy559 3 жыл бұрын

Are presidential tapes ever NOT interesting?

@thomasr.bartonjd7815 5 жыл бұрын

i think a talented playwright could stage a split-stage, two-man play with alternating darkness and light on the two actors as they engage in and then reflect on a series of conversations over the last 100 days of McNamra's tenure as Secretary of Defense.

@UAL320 3 жыл бұрын

Extremely uncomfortable to listen to…..they were hanging on by their fingernails with zero end in sight….

@thomasr.bartonjd7815 5 жыл бұрын

i think there are many who believe that a far more aggressive approach in the spring of 1966 would have shaped the outcome of the following years decisively. i think much can be said in support of this analysis. however i think that the only way this "Big Hammer" approach could have succeeded is that an accompanying political approach utilizing our allies diplomatic and economic contacts with the power elite of North Vietnam politics would help provide political leverage for the North to accept a swift negotiated settlement-- if and only if --their political core believed that the North would benefit on the world stage and be assisted as an independent government to grow and develop in peace and not face the prospect of near-future US escalation.

@maxb4074 3 жыл бұрын

McNamara's voice sounds exhausted, Johnson sounds like he is totally unqualified on military matters and he knows it. They were beaten.

@inthedesert2008 2 жыл бұрын

LBJ...waffle...no idea what he was doing...just like every losing war commander in history

@TheGlendrum 4 жыл бұрын

Ho Chi Minh said the US' biggest mistake was killing Diem.He also said Diem was the South's best chance of holding back the North. I always found that interesting.